encode(bytea_value, 'escape') in PostgreSQL 9.0

From: Florian Weimer <fweimer(at)bfk(dot)de>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: encode(bytea_value, 'escape') in PostgreSQL 9.0
Date: 2010-12-03 18:16:34
Message-ID: 82d3pipvr1.fsf@mid.bfk.de
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The old 'escape' encoding used by PostgreSQL 8.4 and prior was pretty
helpful for getting human-readable strings in psql. It seems this
functionality was removed in PostgreSQL 9.0. Was this an accident or
a deliberate decision? Could we get it back, please?

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